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Étienne-Maurice Falconet

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Étienne-Maurice Falconet is recorded in the Getty Union List of Artist Names with the biographical note: French sculptor and author, 1716-1791. The record places the birth in Paris and the death in Paris. Getty classifies the person under these roles: sculptor, author, director (administrator), director of the Sèvres factory, 1757-1766, designer, writer, draftsman, art theorist. The nationality terms attached to the record are French Parisian. The record carries 15 forms of the name and the identifier 500115285. In this atlas the person is linked as the creator of Bronze Horseman.

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Classification
Gender
Male 1
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Practices

Drawing, Art Forms
Source Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names: Getty ULAN record for Étienne-Maurice Falconet
Sculpture, Art Forms
Source Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names: Getty ULAN record for Étienne-Maurice Falconet

Works Created

Bronze Horseman, Works
Source Bronze Horseman (Wikipedia)
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Source Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names: Getty ULAN record for Étienne-Maurice FalconetRecord display
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Falconet, Etienne-Maurice (French sculptor and author, 1716-1791)

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Source Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names: Getty ULAN record for Étienne-Maurice FalconetBirth and Death Places
Quote, Birth and Death Places
Born: Paris (Île-de-France, France) (inhabited place)
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1. Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names: Getty ULAN record for Étienne-Maurice Falconet
Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names
  • Record heading
    Falconet, Etienne-Maurice (French sculptor and author, 1716-1791)
  • Gender field
    Gender: male
  • Practices: Drawing, Roles
    draftsman
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Étienne Maurice Falconet (Wikipedia)
  • In Group: Baroque and Rococo Sculptors, Lead
    was a French baroque, rococo and neoclassical sculptor
  • In Group: Neoclassical Sculptors, Lead
    was a French baroque, rococo and neoclassical sculptor
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Bronze Horseman (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationWorks Created: Bronze Horseman, Wikipedia intro
Quote, Works Created: Bronze Horseman, Wikipedia intro
Commissioned by Catherine the Great, it was created by the French sculptor Étienne Maurice Falconet.
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